The Autumn Friend... Skeleclaus

 

"Some people are born for Halloween,

 and some are just counting the days until Christmas."

~Stephen Graham Jones

How cool is that guy? You never know when you will find a friend,

 who thinks exactly like you do!

Yesterday, I took at trip to the East Bay to drop off a coat, at a business collecting for the One Warm Coat program. I had purchased the coat a few years ago, it was beautiful and deeply discounted, but I just never used it. It was a gorgeous deep blue and green plaid, but not like the usual plaid shirt, it was beautifully elegant. It had a love ruffly down the front when buttoned up. It was heavy, and warm, so it makes me happy to think some lady who needs to be warm, will be now with that coat. 

Next, I dropped off two Barbie dolls into a Toys For Tots bin. I purchased them earlier this year, after Donald Trump's rant about how many toys should be under this year's Christmas tree. Fuck him! Bah Humbug! I couldn't stand the thought of a little girl waking up on Christmas morning, and finding that she had no gift. Giving back, made me feel good, so I got a lot of Christmas joy doing it! Two little girls gave me a terrific gift this year!

Yesterday was a very good day!

#9 Silly Symphonies - The Skeleton Dance

 

 

 

 “It's fun searching for the supernatural. If the supernatural comes looking for you, it's anything but fun. It's terrifying and disturbing. Keep it out of your life at all costs.”

 

~Stewart Stafford 

 

Owl Hollow Road

 by Stewart Stafford

On a bracing night walk,
On leafy Owl Hollow Road,
A raspy voice whispered to me,
Like a deep-croaking old toad.

I moved rapidly on my path,
And then heard phantom feet,
Looked around, empty space,
Only silence replaced the beat.

At my most pressing pace now,
A shadow pointed past my shoulder,
An SUV slammed into my side,
And I broke my back on a boulder.

© Stewart Stafford, 2022.

 All rights reserved

 

 

 

This is so cool. Press play and have a ball!

 

 

To All The Skeletons I Have Loved Before

"First of all, it was October, a rare month for boys. Not that all months aren't rare. But one strange year, Halloween came early... don't you ditch me, Jim Nightshade... don't talk of death. Someone might hear... ." 

~Ray Bradbury

Something Wicked This Way Comes

And A Sound Of Thunder

They may not be exercising social distancing, but they do have masks on... at least some of them do. Anyway, they made me smile because it looks like Halloween is pretty much cancelled this year, especially in Berkeley, where I took this photo, and I don't want to miss everything about my favorite holiday. Alameda County was hit really hard by Covid-19, so it doesn't make it practical or healthy to celebrate.

I will miss opening the door to little monsters, and decorating, but it got me thinking about some awesome Halloween decorations I have photographed over the years, and so beginning this week, I want to feature a different symbol of spooky Halloween macabre I seen here and there, and concluding the night before Halloween!

 

First Up... Skeletons!

North Beach, San Francisco, California

 

 

 

 

Carson City, Nevada

Auburn, California

 Stockton, California

 

San Francisco, California

 

 Camino California, Apple Hill, Rainbow Orchards

 Today's Autumn Leaf Of The Day #15

Carly

October 6th 2020

Stockton, California

 

Happy Halloween Witches

"Tis the night... the night

Of the grave's delight

And the warlocks are at their play;

Ye think that without

The wild winds shout,

But no, it is they... it is they!"

~Arthur Cleveland Coxe

Halloween: A Romanut

My Season. My Holiday.

Enjoy!

Happy Halloween!

Leaf Of The Day

October 31st, 2016

 

 Mood: HAPPY

~Me :)